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BY E. B. MUEKAY & CO; ANDERSON, S. C, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 15, 1885._ VOLUME XXL?NO- 14. FALL AND?WINTER ANNOUNCEMENT. J. Pi SULLIVAN * CO. ENCOURAGED by our success in the past, we come to the front again with the best offers we have ever before been able to make. THE LARGEST STOCK, And Prices as Low as is consistent for honest Goods. - J ? ANS?We can sell yon Jeans from 10c a yard to 40c a yard. Come and see our VIRGINIA CASSIMERES. WOOLEN GOODS are cheap. All-wool Red Flannel for only 10c a yard. Ladies' Dress Goods, Shawls and Cloaks. Jersey Jackets are very fashionable, and cost a great deal less than ever before. We can sell a nice fitting Jersey for 65c We have them in Black?, Navy Bluca and Cardinals. Ladies' and Misses* Underwear, Youths' and Mens' Clothing. v We have bought a large Stock of READY-MADE CLOTHING from first hands, and can offer bargains in mil Suits, or in extra Coats and Pants. An Immense Stock of Boots and Shoes. Mens' all-solid leather Boots for $1.50 a pair. Woniens' all-solid leather Shoes for 75c a pair. GROCERIES, We have had our Cellar enlarged, and are prepared to exhibit a larger and more complete Stock of Groceries than Heretofore. We have a large COFFEE TRADE, and intend to hold it by keeping the BEST GRADES. We will sell yon the best Rio Coffee 8 lbs. for one dollar. SUGARS have within the last few mouths advanced, but we will sell a pure Brown Sugar 14 lbs. for $1.00. Very respectfully, J. P. SULLIVAN & CO. Sept 10,1885 9 HEW, NEW! 9 for Farmers. SAWS >j for Carpenters. SAWS, for Builders. Memmu? handsaws, cross cut saws, one man's cross cut saws. OUR "BOSS" HAND SAW for general use, At ?1.50, and fully warranted, ? special drive on these Goods now at THE HARDWARE STORE -OF "NT- B_ We now occupy our New and Commodious Store-Rooms, second door from the National Rank, on the Public Square, where we shall be pleased to show our immense stock of GENERAL HARDWARE. Sullivan & Bro. Sept 17,1885. 10 BLECKLEY, BROWN & FRETWELL. $30,000.00 WORTH OF GOODS! Largest stock Ever OM for Sale ii Is MM! ThESE GOODS are bought direct from Manufacturers, at special prices, thus placing us on the same footing with Jobbers, always bnying in large lots, and taking advantage of all discounts for net Cash, thus enabling us to buy cheap and sell at low prices, as the following will prove: 100 Cases of Men's, Women's and Children's Shoes, At prices that cannot be duplicated. We quote Women's Polka Shoes at 75c, worth $1.00. Children's Shoes at 50% worth 75c. Men's Brogans at $1.00, worth $1.25. Men's Boots, all s:z..-?, at $2.00, worth $8.00. Boys' Boots, 4's to 6's, st $1.50, worth $2.00. Our Leader $3.00 Shoe, Bal., Button or Congress, made of best Calf Skin, Box Toe, Leather Tip, worth $4.00 anywhere, and to which we call the especial attention of young men. Our Leaders in Ladies' and Misses' Shoes, cus? tom made, Opera Toe, handworked button holes, ladies size at $2.00, worth $2.75. Misses' at $1:85, worth $2.50, excel in beauty, style and fit. Every pair guaranteed. We have the exclusive control here of EV1TT BROS. Ladiss', Misses' and Children's FINE SHOES, formerly sold here by Maxwell & Sloan. These goods are made of very best material, fit perfectly, and every pair is warranted. We can Save you Money on Shoes. Large Lot of Ladies' and Children's Cloaks, At one-half of their real value, bought at a closing out sale. If you need these Goods, we advise you to buy them before they are sold out, as they are bargains not picked np every day. Elegant and complete lines of BLACK CROW CASHMERES, SILK and BROCADED VELVETS. WORSTEDS at 10c, worth 15c. 10,000 yards Jeans at strictly Jobbers Prices, Bought 10 per cent less than they can be bought for in smaller quantities. We invite the attention of merchants to this lot of Goods before placing their orders elsewhere,- as we are in a position to sell them advanLageously, and are determined to close them out at an early day. Georgia Jeans at 20c, worth 25c. Large lot of CORSETS at 50c. You will find iu this assortment Corsets worth 75c, $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50. We place them on our counters at one price. Select for yourselves. We have a lot of REMNANT CALICO, from one and a half to seven yards, which you can buy at half their value. All-wool, red twilled FLANNELS at 20c, worth 30c. A first class, new patent, reinforced, linen front SHIRT at $4.50 per half doz. j Gents' UNDERVESTS t 25c, worth 40c. Ladies' Undervests at 50c, worth | 65 cents. A large assortment of Gents' and Boys' HATS at prices to suit the times. Elegant line of Ready-Made Clothing Cheap. Fine double-barrel, breech-loading SHOT GUNS at $12.50. Extra quality $16.00, worth $16.00 and $20.00 respectively. t We aro prepared to meet all competition on BELTING, PRESS ROPE, 1 BAGGING and TIES, qualitv always considered. We keep these goods constant- | ly on hand, as well as WAGONS and WAGON HARNESS, BUGGIES and I BUGGY HARNESS. I These are a few of the many bargains we have secured this season, to which we invite your attention. All we ask of you is, to call in and examine our Goods and price*, and we can and will make it to your interest to buy from us. We keep for sale nearly everything?from a Needle up to a hogshead of Mo? lasses or a good Wagon. Wo are always in the COTTON MAR- j KET, at highest Cash prices, and our Mr. 1 ^ E. W. Brown, with an experience of thirty years in the Cotton Business, is giving this ibranch his exclusive attention. Be sure and call on Mr. Brown, Be/ore selling your Cotton in Town ! WE ARE AGENTS FOR Piedmont and Pelzer Shirtings and Drills, Hazard Rifle and Blasting Powder, And Wando Fertilizer. BLECKLEY. BROWN k FRETWELL. Anderson, S. C. Sept. 17, 1885. WILHITE'S AND HEADACHE PILLS. An Effective and Reliable Remedy for all Liver Complaints ! All people in ail countries are subject more or less to Liver Complaints. Over? eating, rich food, lack of exercise, over? work, and in fact, any violation of the laws of health causes the Liver to be? come torpid, and when it does, then follows an almost innumerable list of diseases torturing in their nature and dangerous in the end if not promptly attended to. The most common are: Costiveness, Billionsness, Diz? ziness, Weakness, Indiges? tion, Dyspepsia, Nervous? ness, Pains in the Side, Back and Limbs, Foal Stomach, Loss ol Appetite, Impure Blood, Giddiness, Heart? burn, and, worst of all, Nervous and Sick Headache. All the complaints named above aris from a Torpid Liver, and to be cured o them the Liver must be aroused am caused to do its work, otherwise the bill and poisons it should take from the foo< of the body and supply to the bowels a: their natural purgative, will poison the blood and aggregate the disease. Stimulate the Liver to healthy, vigor ous action, and it will secrete all the impurities of the blood. The blood thus deprived of all waste matter anc poisons, pure, rich and life-giving, wil course through the veins, driving diseast from the system and restoring health aoc strength. While WILHITE'S LIVEM AND HEADACHE PILLS act direct ly upon the Liver and Bowels, and tnakt pure, rich blood, they do not in thei action debilitate the system and leavi oue in a worse condition than befon taking them, but they contain a powerfu tonic for the Stomach, and if taken om at a time occasionally, after having taken a full dose (from two to three), they wiljf build up the system. They are indeed splendid Stomach Pill, and, for this real son, have proven to be an IndispensabM Remedy for the painful and distressing maladies, HEADACHE and SICH HEADACHE; which occur so frequently and extensively. These dreadful evils ii their various forms are the direct resul of a disordered Stomach, caused by in digestion or an inactive Liver, and cai be relieved and permanently cured b?_ the use of WILHITE'S LIVER AN IB HEADACHE PILLS. A large proportion of the America*! people are subject constantly to thesl dreadful diseases and drag out a miserfl able existence, trying in vain to get reg lief from outward applications ana seds lives, while the source of the trouble iJ_ overlooked. WILHITE'S LIVES AND HEADACHE PILLS strike af the root of these diseases, in acting upof the Liver, thereby removing the caus and restoring health. Thay are purel; vegetable, contain no deleterious Drugs and are a reliable .remedy in alt cases o Liver diseases and their various compli cations. PBICE 25 CENTS PEE BOX. PREPARED ONLY BY WILHITE & WILHiTEl DRUGGISTS, ANDERSON, - - S. C. Oct 15, 1885 14 ESTATE LAUD FOR SALEl BY virtue of the power conferred on ui by the lost Will of Mathew Snipesl deceased, we will sell at Anderson C. Hr S. C on SALBSDAY IN NOVEMBER! 1885, the following described Real Estate < said Mathew Snipes, deceased, to wit: LOT NO. 1, or Home Tract, containing 170 acres, more or less, situated on Richjj land Creek, in Va renn es Township, aboul five miles South of Anderson, adjoininjT lands of Martha A. Masters, et al. Thil Tract has a good dwelling house and out! buildings. [ LOT NO. 2, containing 127 acre?, morj or less, situate on Richland Creek, in Val rennes Township, adjoining lands of Wing McCown, et a'.. LOT NO. 3, containing 77 acres, more ol less, situated in Yarennes Townships adioining lands of Wm. G Watson, et a| Terms of Sale?One-half cash, and ball ance on a credit of twelve months, wit! interest from day of sale, to be secured bf a bond and mortgage of the premises Purchaser to pay extra for all nocessar] papers. THOS. F. DRAKE, ELIZABETH SNIPES, Executors. Oct 8, 1885 13 4 ESTATE SALE. UNDER an agreement among the heir at law of Elijah Brown, deceased, w will sell at public auction, at Andersoi City, on SALESDAY IN NOVBMBBI next, the following Tracts of Land, belong ing to said Estate, to wit: TRACT NO. 1,1 or Homestead Tract containing one hundred and ten and one half acres, more or less, bounded by Wml Burriss, A. G. Fretwell and Tract No. 2. I TRACT NO. 2, containing seventy-severl and one-half a^res, more or less, bounded by Tract No. 1, John A. O'Neal and Blue Ridge Railroad. TRACT NO. 3, containing forty-two acres, more or less, bounded by Blue Ridge Railroad and Wm. Burriss. These tracts are situated from 2i to 3 miles Northwest of Anderson C H. Terms of Sale?One-third cash, balance on credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale, with privilege of antici? pating payment. Purchasers to pay extra for papers. A plat of these lands can be seen on the premises. PETER R. BROWN, JOHN BROWN, Attorneys in fact of heirs at law. Oct 8,1885_13_3__ For Sash, Blinds, Doors, Plastering Laths, Window Fixtures, Building Material, &c, CHEAP, call on W. B. BEACHAM, Depot Street, Anderson, S. C. April 30, 1885 33 3 u "bakery. JL HE undersigned desires to call the at? tention of the citizens of Anderson to the fact that he is now selling 25 Bread Tickets for $1.00 Try my BREAD and CAKES, and I will guarantee satisfaction in every in? stance. WEDDING CAKES A 8PECIALTY. A nice line of Confectioneries, &c, always on hand. Also, n ice parched Pea? nuts. Farmers, when you visit tho city call and get a Lunch or Sandwich?cheap. Respectfully, m. j. Collins. August 13, 1885 5 [Original.] How 1o Make our Sabbnth Schools (lie most Profitable And Interesting. BY MBS. W. B. QUAILS. Much has been spoken and written on this subject, and many ideas advanced, and some progress made towards the so? lution of this problem, yet it is an inex? haustible theme, one that is always in? teresting. In treating a subject so broad and comprehensive, we can do but little more than give a mere outline ol what we cooceive to be of most essential im? portance in promoting this grand nnd glorious work. In the first place, the success of a Sab? bath School depends largely on the Superintendent. He should be an active, earnest, zealous man. With his whole being permeated with the love of God, as presented and carried on through the agency of the Sabbath School. He should let nothing prevent him from being in his place except when Provi? dentially hindered. He should overlook each class and not leave it to the Secre? tary to see that they are in their places in time. He should endeavor to learn each little one's name, and let them know by his actions that he feels a per? sonal interest in each one. Let him have a kind word and a genial smile for each one of his pupils, for the larger In tbat empty acut? "The children are gathering, glad and bright, So gay as in by-gone hours, There's only one Lying still and white Under drooping flower?. "The lads come in with the rosy Mush, And ring of healthful tone, There's only one in an icy hush, Sleeping alone. "The blcom of his youth held hopes and joy, And a long life stretched before, But the school will gather without one hoy, Forever more. Ah! friends, if the class be yet complete, Work steadfastly on and pray, God keep you from the empty scat, We know to-day. "And we, who with tears how vainly sought, The place of the resting one, God pardon us now for the little wrought, And work undone. "Had wo only known, when we called his name, That lesson would be his last, Deep, deep, we bow our heads in 3hamc, Tor ihe lime is past. "A little while and the young hearts all Must into the stillness couic, 0! Master, use us ere night shall fall To bring them home." There is also a duty incumbent on the pupils. They should* also strive to be it) their places in time with lessons well learned. You cannot imagine the wealth of good it does the heart of your teacher to meet your bright sunny faces, and see you take an interest in what he or she says, ever ready to give your views on any subject when called upon, aud do it pleasantly, not like it was a task imposed on you. You should prepare your lessons so as to be able to answer any question promptly that may be assigned you. Let me suggest Sabbath evening a9 a fcuitable time for studying our Sab? bath School lessons, and whenever wo have time during the week, let us study it over again; we cannot know it too well. It is also very interesting, as well as profitable for each member of the class to look out every reference given in the lesson; it enables us to keep the chain of ideas so that not one link will be broken or lost. If circumstances have prevented you from preparing your lesson as you would wish, don't take your seat in another part of the house as if you were only a disinterested visitor, but go to your class, tell your teacher you have not prepared your lesson, and show by your attention that you are anxious to learn, and by listening to every question and solution given, you will, ere the recitation is over, have gained much valuable information ; while on the other hand, if you are late or your lesson is unlearned, you keep away from your class, you not only lose an in? terest in your lessons, but you set a bad example to those younger than yourself, and cause your teacher a feeling of wonder mingled with pain. You should upon entering the class lay aside all levity, foolish talking and laughter, and pay earnest heed to the gospel truths that your teacher is endeavoring to in? culcate. Music is an indispensable feature in our Sabbath Schools, for any unobjec? tionable feature that is attractive is con? ducive to the success of it. It is said that music can charm the savage or wild beast. We well know what a mighty effect it has on the feelings of man. It calms the stormy mind, it enlivens the troul" 1 heart and causes us to think more of Him who made U3 and gave us voices, and also minds capable of learn? ing to chant His praises. The children should all be taught to sing; they should be arranged directly in front of the lead? er, and each one should have access to a singing-book, whether they can read or not, for every child thinks it can sing better if they have a book, if it does not know a letter in it. Each Sabbath <\<e song at least should be selected for the little children, making them to feel? and truly they are?a very essential ele? ment in our schools. Good music will cause those to attend our schools who otherwise would not come, for music attracts as well as charms. A song well sang at the opening of our school pre? pares us better for our duties, and seem? ingly harmonizes everything. Suitable literature has a great deal to do with interesting and profiting our schools. Every school that is able should have a library of well assorted books, with a com? petent librarian to attend to them being given out and returned promptly. These books take the place of some trashy novel or thilling adventure that the youth may be found reading, and fills his mind with nobler thoughts and higher aspirations. If all cannot procure a library they can take Sabbath School papers, for the young must and will read something. We must teach a child the duty it owes to God and man, and pro? duce a permanent conviction in its mind of its responsibility, and this must be done both by direct and indirect precept. We must also direct their minds in a channel of observation and reflection, as will produce a correct estimate of actions and their consequences, and it should be our constant effort to cultivate in Gar pupils a spirit of gentleness, forbearance and piety, and a correct feeling toward God, the true source of all our happi? ness. And how can we better do this than by laying before them examples worthy of imitation ? In conclusion, let me speak a word to the members of our Churches, who take no active interest in our Sabbath School work, and especially to parents. It would be profitable and interesting to have you engage with us in this impor? tant work. You would augment our force and give us moral prestage and in? fluence for good. Some effort on your, part will be necessary, it is true, but we can assure you there is no field of labor more inviting or promises a richer re? ward. Those who have been engaged longest in this work will tell you they have been amply paid for their sacrifices. Then why will you not give us your assistance? You have children that God in His providence has placed under your supervision and care. He has commanded you to teach them. He has also given you his word to be taught, and what reasonable excuse can you assign for evading this responsibility, for what place is better suited for the performance of this duty than is found iu the Sab? bath School? Those of us who are parents, should remember that the destiny of our children, in a very important sense, is placed in our own bauds, and their happiness in this life, as well as that which is to come, depends ou how we live, act and teach. Our examples, especially, will have a marked influence on their lives. How important is it then that they should be such as wc would wish them to imitate. Let me ask you parents and friends, do you believe you are living in the dis? charge of your, parental and chri?tiau duty in the sight of God to let any trivial reason keep you from attending the Sabbath School? If you take no active part with us, your very presence does good. It encourages every one en? gaged in the work. If you will only attend a few Sabbaths I assure you, without you are an exception, that you will become so interested that it will be more difficult for you to stay away than it is now for you to attend. Then you will be happier, for you will be discharg? ing your duty. You who have no children need not think you are exempt from this duty. Although your responsibility is not so great, yet it is incumbent on you to im? prove every opportunity in promoting the cause of our blessed Master. By your punctual attendance we are made to feel that our labors are beiug blessed as we are succeeding In interesting you. The young will kuow by this manifesta? tion that you are interested in them, which will have its good influence Be? sides there is no place where so much can be accomplished for the good of the Church and society at large, with so small an outlay of time and labor, and no place more delightful to those whose hearts are imbued with the love of their Master than is fouud in the Sab? bath School. Then join our ranks in? tent on doing your whole duty, and the Lord will bless you, and the world will be made to believe more firmly in the religion of our Blessed Saviour. Killed by Bee Slings. Gould vi lle, Pa., September 24.? Thomas Fader of this place kecp3 several hives of bees in his garden. Yesterday forenoon he was at work among his bees. A man with whom ho had some business dealings called at his house to see him. Mrs. Fader went out to call her husband into tbo house. As she ap? proached the bee-hives a number of bees flow into her face, and she was stuug several times. One of the bees stung her in one of her nostrils, and another one stung her on the upper lip, at the base of the cartilage dividing the two nostrils. Mrs. Fader's cries brought her husband to the spot. He extracted the stingers and applied wet earth to the wounds. He. went with his wife back to the house and hud no thought of any cousequouces resulting from the bee stings more serious than the swelling and pain. He left his wife in the kitchen applying ammonia to the wounds, and entered a front room where his visitor i was. A few minutes later he heard a heavy fall in the kitchen. He rau out and found his wife lying in convulsions on the door. Her nostrils were swollen shut, and her lips were twice their natu? ral size, ul? had turned dark blue. She breathed short and quick through her mouth. Tier faco was so swollen that ils idenity was entirely lost. Mr. Fader hurried his visitor after a doctor, but before one arrived his wife died in her husband's arms. The doctor said that the stings in her lip and nostrils had sent a shock like electricity to her brain, and from that to her lungs and heart, so severe that she was uuab'.e to rally from it, Mrs. Fuder was 28 years old. It was but forty-five minutes from the time that she wan stung until her death. [Published by Request.] A South Carolina Charity. The House of Rest, Charleston, was founded by three ladies of Charleston, in 1874, for all women and young children, irrespective of creed, who cannot be re? ceived and surrounded by good influences elsewhere. It receives applicants from other places, if there is room, and the friends of each one thus admitted pay one hun? dred dollars a year towards their support. It receives little girls and young chil? dren, whose mothers come to Charleston from all parts of the State to earn their bread in the cotton factory or otherwise from home, and also the waif and the children of sick parents. It is a houiw for the orphans and half orphans inadmissible at the "Charleston Orphan House," because their parents, who in some cases were unnaturalized foreigners, had not resided in the city a year. It is literally a House of Eest for the stranger seeking employment, for the convalescent discharged from the hospit? al, and for the aged needing care. And it is the only reformatory in the South for the sinner. At present there are twenty-nine in? mates, including twenty-three children under thirteen years of age. Each inmate is required to do what? ever ?he can. The children receive training in house? hold work and sewing, a common school education, and are expected to be fitted for household positions. The founders are devoted to the work. One of them, who is at the head of the house, makes it her home from choice, so as to be able to give all her time to it. And another one, who is the secretary and treasurer, regularly leaves her home to spend the greater part of each day at the house, engaged in its work. Would that the work would "come home to men's business and bosoms." To the stranger and traveller it ap? peals so strongly to a commou humanity, as to cause wonder why it is not nobly sustained in its native State, despite of "buried hopes and enervated energies." And to Southern chivalry' it appeals through the ladies whose faith founded and through fiery trials sustains it. The people of South Carolina are generous, and will surely maintain it with their offerings. All South Caroli? nians can help it in many acceptable ways. As ' the trimmings of the rich would feed the poor," so the waste of the mill, market, farm, garden and store in the State would support this accessible char? ity. It has probably never occurred to the possessors of gardens and farms how highly donations of fruit and vegetables would be appreciated by the members of this large, vigorous family, who, like "the birds, without barns or storehouse, are fed." And when it is known will they not often be glad to send it the apparent? ly unavoidable waste of the earth's in? crease ? The pound of provisions a month which a number of friends each con? tribute, the kind friend's constant country offerings of whatever is relished in her own household, and the dollar a month which has regularly been sent for years by an unknown friend, prove the value to it of systematic giving. The mitc3 of the poor are acceptable to it, for, as one has said, "who bestows himself with his alms feeds three?him Belf, his hungry neighbor, and me." The children, too, can assist in this labor of love, as is shown by the pleas? antly remembered gifts of the families of children or of children's societies, such as the country children's walnut meats, or the June bugs' Christmas offering. The work only, needs to be known to be appreciated, and South Carolina friends will then remember it in their in? creasing prosperity with offerings and good works and by visits to it of regard and sympathy. And their children, through gifts to the House children will maintain an interest in it that will insure its perpetuity. It was founded in the belief that be? cause it was a work meeting pressing wants in the daily lives of the poor, it would be supported by the people. During the past year sixty worthy ap? plicants were obliged to be refused ad? mittance, from want of room. Shall the work be enlarged as designed and de? manded ? Seven thousand seven hundred dollars are needed to pay the seventy-two hun? dred dollars debt and suitably repair and furnish the two buildings, so that one of them need no longer be rented, but oc? cupied by the over crowded inmates and the waiting applicants, and the long needed infirmary be provided. Duly impressed with the need and value bf the work, "a lady offers to be one of twenty-five contributors of one hundred dollars each to pay the mort? gage on the building now necessarily rented, and "a gentleman li< ing on a clerk's salary" has offered to be one of a hundred to subscribe ten dollars a year towards its support." Seventeen hundred and eighty two dollars are needed for the purchase and introduction of the steam machinery manufactured by B. Eastwood, of Pater son, N. J., into its laundry, which, at present paying its expenses, could then, the work being done by the inmates, have its capacity for work increased at reduced prices, so as to largely defray the expenses of the house? The in? mates would thus maintain themselves by the labor of their bauds, and, if un? skilled workers, be trained until they become successful in laundry work. Cr.n this sum be moro worthily bestowed than by thus teaching young girls and women of tho unfortunate poor to earn their bread by necessary work? And can a more practical way be devised of helping the destitute to help themselves? References in Charleston concerning the work can be made, by permission, to Rev. W. B. Howe, D.D., Rev. C. S. Vrdder, D.D., Pastor of the Hugenot Church; Rev. P. W. Junkin, D.D., Pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian Church; Rev. Mr. E. T. Horn, Pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church. All necessary inquiries may be made, and all visitors in sympathy with the work will be welcome to the founders of the house, who are also the executive committee: Mrs. J. Bellinger, Miss E. J. Wagner, Miss Celia Campbell, the latter being also the Secretary and Treasurer, and Miss E. J. Wagner, the head of the house. Free transportation is kindly granted all donations to the House of Rest, on the Charleston & Savannah and the Northeastern Railroads, the Southern Express Company, the Adger Line of New York and Charleston Steamers, and the Edisto Boats. Contributions to the laundry fund must be so specified, and with all offer? ings to the House, may be addressed: House of Rest, Corner of Ashley and Spring Streets, Charleston, S. C. Mary Van B. Stevenson. ? When a miner has been eaten by a grizzly, the Western people speak of him an being admitted to tbc b'ar. ? A writer say3: "The American girl thinks for herself." And after mar? riage she frequently thinks for her hus? band. ? ' Life is what we make it," and when you "make it" hearts, you want to get cither a fione hand" or a very gxd "parti." HOW TORNADOES ?OH3T, Tho Mysterien of tlio Dread Cloud. Washington, October 4.?Lieutenant Jobu P. Finley of the Signal Corps has been studying the phenomena of torna? does for the past eight years. Torna? does are now so well understood that is believed that trustworthy warning can soon be sent out to the localities threat? ened. In fact, experimental predictions haye been made for a year, with good result. According to Lieutenant Finley, tornadoes have distinctly marked char? acteristics and are by no means to be co-founded with hurricanes, "blizzards," cyclones or Northeasters. Their tracks are never more than a few hundred yards wide. Their rotary motion, which is greatest towards the centre, sometimes reaches the enormous rate of 2,000 miles an hour, while their forward movement, always from southwest to northwest, or? dinarily does not exceed forty or fifty miles. They are usually unaccompanied I by electrical disturbances and are be? lieved to be uninfluenced by electrical condition?, though violent thunderstorms sometimes follow them a few miles away. the home of the tornado. There is. a distinct and curious rela? tionship between the tornado and the general storm centre, which is always apparent in their uniform relative posi? tions, the tornado always occurring Souiheastwardly' from the centre of low barometric pressure and at a distance of from one to six hundred miles. The shape of the general storm centre, the direction in which its lowest barometer lies and the apperance of the upper and lower clouds enter as minor elements into the problem out of which the weath? er experts hope to work a complete sys? tem of tornado warnings. The visits of the tornado are commonly between the j hours of 2 and 6 o'clock in the afternoon. It3 borne is an area which includes the whole of Iowa, all of Missouri except the Southeastern corner, the Northwest? ern corner of Arkansas, the Northeastern part of the Indian Territory, Eastern Kansas, Eastern Nebraska, Southern Minnesota, Southern Wisconsin and Western Illinois. Here its season extends from April to August inclusive. It is also a frequent visitor to two other regions. These are, first, a strip along the g jlf and South Atlantic coasts, which takes in the central portions of Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina, with termini in Mississippi and North Carolina, over which its devastations are confined to the months of January, February and March. The necond includes a portion of South? ern and Centra] Ohio, a large portion of Pennsylvania, a small area in Maryland, a strip across New York and a corner of each of Massachusetts and Connecticut, where it is in season only during August and September. how the tornado forms. The conditions which are favorable to the creation of tornadoes are present when a cool, dry current of air meets a warm, moist current, bringing wide extremes both of temperature and hu? midity into close proximity. The cool, dry currents come from the North, but such us flow over the Great Lakes pick up in i,heir course both moistureand heat and their destructive forces are thus neutralized. Those blowing from the far Northwest, down over the dry plains of Mar itoba and Dakota, carry something of their Arctic characteristics far South, ar d if in their course they meet one of the he;.t and vapor-laden breezes coming up fron the Gulf the war of the elements begins at the point of contact. The storm always has its birth in the upper air, its first visible manifestation being the ominous funnel-shaped cloud whose pendant trunk is in form not unlike that of an elephant. Within it the furies are confine!, and when and where its point touches the earth the path of destruction begins. When the isotherm of the morning signal map shows the advancing columns of air, with their wide contrasts of temperature, in proximity ; when the general storm centre is in that relative position, which seems necessary to the exercise of its mysterious influence; when the pressure is low toward the east, disclosing a vacuum into which the deflected currents may advance without obstruction?when all these conditions combine it should become but a simple problem for the experts to determine with reasonable probability from the wind velocities whether the threatening line of contact will have advanced to or beyond (he tornado's accustomed haunts by the time of day when the powers of mischief shall be loosed. the unknown quantities. The chief remaining unknown quanti? ties in the problem consists of data of time and place, a great store of which is already in hand and only awaits digestion and tabulation, while 1,6JO special torna? do observers are gathering additional facts respecting current storms and frbm all available sources the stories of long past tornadoes, known to the earlier settlers as windfall. Thus while a host of interesting scientific questions respect? ing the origin of tornadoes, the laws which govern them and their relation? ship to other meteorological phenomena, remain to be answered, the more practi? cal questious as to when and where they are likely to appear seem to be advancing rapidly toward solution. The interests which are subject to dis? aster from tornadoes are alive to the im? portance of the work in progress. In? tending purchasers of farms apply to th6 Signal Orfice for information respecting the liability of their selected locality to disaster. To such are sent the records of the past as far as they are known. Whenever Lieutenant Finley travels in pursuit of his studies farmers and villag? ers press for information. To these he says that nothing raised by the hand of man above tho surface of the earth can withstand the shock of the tornado. He advises them to seek their dug-outs on the appearance of the porttntous signs of disaster and there await the passage of the storm. For their property he advises insurance, so that the losses of the indi? vidual may be shared by his fortunate neighbors. Robinson's Circus Wrecked. St. Paul., Minn., October 4.?A ter? rible accident happened on the Fergus Falls branch of the Northern Pacific Railroad, seven miles West of here, this morning, by which five men lost their lives and thirty or forty more were more or less injured. John Robinson's show left Wahpcton, Dakota, for this place in two sections. When within seven miles of Fergus Falls, near a small place named French Head, the baggage section broke in two while going up a heavy grade and ten or twelve cars went Hying back at a terrible rate. Oil the rear of the train were three sleeping cars occupied by the men, over two hundred in number, all of whom were sound asleep. The cars which had broken loo3e increased their speed as th?y approached the second or cage section, and probably had run a mile beforo they struck it. The engineer of the rear section saw the cars approach I ing, but only had time to stop his train before the cars struck him. The brake man on the loose cars tried to put on the brakes, but I hey had difficulty in running from car to car on account of the wagons which impeded their progress. If the engineer of the rear section had had only a moment's more time he could have backed his train and avoided the calami? ty ; but it was too late, and tho cars struck his engine with tremendous fore?, throwing the three sleepers from the track and smashing them beyond rec >g nition. More than 100 men were buried in the debris. The scene can hardly be described. The night was fearfully dark ?nid the groans of the men were appall? ing. Tl)p people in the rear section at once began the work of removing the men, five of whom were found dead and many others wouftded and bleeding. Word was at once dispatched to this city and a train in charge of Superintendent Vining hastened to the scene, and the dead and wounded were brought to this place. The work of removing the men from the debris was n sorry task. Whiskey nud Murder. From its editorial on the killing of Ben Brockman one would think the Greenville News attributed to the selling and drinking of whiskey on Sunday a peculiar effect on the mental and moral nature of the human family. It is hot and heavy after the persons who sold the liquor to Walker and Gibson on the Sunday of the murder, and anxious that these violaters of the law should be fer? reted out and arrested. We agree with our contemporary this should be done, for the sale of liquor, bad in itself on any day, is worse on the Sabbath, not so much because it is a violation of the Slate and municipal laws, as for the reason that it is sinful and immoral. While we agree thus far, wo cannot assent to the statement of the News that, "If that liquor had not been sold in de? fiance of laws, bonds and public senti? ment, Ben Brockman would be alive this morning, and Walker and Gibson would be free men, without the stain of blood on their hands, and with their families, atteuding to their affairs." In our view the violation of laws, bonds aud public sentiment, in selling liquor on Sunday, had nothing to do with the death of Brockman, except the acci? dent of the killing occurring on Sunday. The day had nothing to do with the murder. Whiskey did the work, and that, too, its natural aud legitimate work, and the evil rests not in the selling on Sunday, but in the selling at all. When we see that whiskey will lead men to violate the municipal, State and divine law and so becloud their reason as to cause them to commit the highest crime known to the law, the strongest argument arises for the absolute suppression of the nefarious traffic. Would it be any tho less murder to kill a man when under the iufiuence of liquor bought cn another day than Sunday ? Does liquor sold and drunk on Suuday have a different effect on men from that sold and drunk on Monday? We hardly think any man would so contend. Did, then, the drink? ing and selling of liquor lead to the kill? ing of Brockman ? The News, by our reading, virtually says bo, aud in taking that position we would suppose it would strenuously oppose the liceuse system. Whiskey is an evil, a poison to every noble and elevating act, and when per? mitted to do its work under the protec? tion of law, it becomes a fiend incarnate. What cares whiskey, and, with rare ex? ceptions, what cares the whiskey, seller for Suuday, Monday or any other day ? It is sold for the inouey, the profit it brings the seller, and ten cents taken iu on Sunday will pass current for ten cents on Monday. A man under the influence of liquor brought-on Sunday kills anoth? er and a great fuss is made, not about the murder, but about the liquor being sold on Sunday. Another man gets drunk on a secular day and kills another, and the fuss is made about the murder without a word about the selling of the whiskey. In both cases the same active agent of 3vil was at work and produced like results, [is legitimate work is to ruin men finan? cially, to debase them morally and so? cially, to destroy their reason, tostrength ??u their passions, and to fit them for the commission of the gravest crimes. Should its sale be licensed by the State ? Many contend that prohibition doe3 not prohibit and that a law against the sale of liquor would be constantly violated and the evils of its use would be increas? ed rather than diminished. If this be true and the real cause of opposition to restraining laws, why have a law prohib? iting its sale on Sunday under the sanc? tion of a heavy punishment? Is not the law prohibiting the sale of liquor on Sunday constantly violated ? That it is, is known to every drinking man in the State, and yet who will deny but the law does much good, and prevents much drunkenness on that day ? Who would say repeal the Sunday law, because for? sooth it is violated? So we say the sup? pression, by law, of all retail license would be productive of like good, and in this opinion we are confirmed by obser? vation and experience. We have ob? served in towns where the sale of liouor is prohibited by special Act, there is not only much less drinking, but, in fact, little or no drinking, compared with what was seen when licenses were granted. Not only this, but the press and people, in this and other States, bear uniform testimony of the beneficial effects of preventive laws in town and Counties wherever adopted. We admit there are wide differences of opinion on the ad? vantages and disadvantage3of prohibitory liquor laws. It is a great moral question on which men may and will differ, and which men should discuss freely and without feeling, passion or prejudice. Our convictions are in favor of such Jaws as beneficial. We may be wrong and will never be found condemning any man for differing iu opinion with us." The question is gaining prominence in this and the old country aud a few years hence we may be able to form a satisfac tory judgment on actual experience. Until then the matter will be free for general discussion.? Walhalla Courier. Seeking the Men who Bore It. At the bloody and stubbornly fought battle of Franklin, Tenn., late in No? vember, 1864, the 24th South Carolina Regiment charged a Federal fortification and beat back the trcops behind ii .after a desperate struggle. The color bearer of the 97th Ohio Regiment was confront? ed by several Confederate soldiers, the most of whom are now citizens of Edge field County. He wf.s called on to sur? render, but refused to do so. One of the Confederates urged him to relinquish the flag, telling him that he had done all a brave soldier should, and would surely be killed. He refused, and died holding to his flag and defending it to the last. Gen. Ellison Capers, now the rector of Christ Church of this city and then Col? onel in command of the regiment, had been shot down in the fight r.nd was then lying wounded and disabled. The men who had captured the tlag took it to him and he has had it in his possession since. It is a very handsome flag, made of silk aud bears the name of ill regiment, "07th Ohio Volunteers" It also has the name of a battle in which the regi? ment had formerly participated and bears marks of service, a number of bul? let holes being visible. At a recent reunion of the 24th South Carolina volunteers Gen. Capers directed the attention of the surviving members to the flag, and they were unanimous in the expression of the wish that it be re? stored to the brave men who fought so well under it. Gen. Capers has been endeavoring to get into communication with some of the survivors of the 07th Ohio, but his efforts have been unsucces ful to this time. He has received, how? ever, the following letter from Gen. J. M. Schoficld showing that the matter has been put in the proper channel and that the men who faced each other so fiercely at Franklin will soon be in amicable correspondence: Headquarters Division of the Missouri, Chicago, III., September 20,1885. General Ellison Capers, Greenville, South Carolina.?General: I have the pleasure to acknowledge receipt of your letter of tho 21st inntant, in which you express the desire of the surviving mem? bers of the Twenty-fourth South Caro? lina Infantry to return to the survivors of the Ninety-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry the colors of that regiment, captured by tho Twenty-fourth South Carolina a?he battle of Franklin, Ten" { ncssee, and ask to be put in corrt*pond encc with the representatives of the Ninety-seventh Ohio. I regret that I do not possess the in? formation necessary, nor do my_ retained records furnish-it, to put you in imme? diate communication with the right per? sons. I have, therefore, referred your letter to the Adjutant General of the State of Ohio, who will doubtless be able to furnish you the information de? sired. Commending the generous spirit actu? ating the soldiers of both sides in re? turning these trophies to their original holders, and regretting my inability to further aid you in this laudable purpose, I am very truly yours, J. M. SCHOFJF.LU. Food for Thought. That the condition of the mass of the cotton planters of the South is not envi? able is a generally admitted fact. It is well known to the commission mer? chants, who advance the cotton planters, that the risk is too great to advance sup? plies without collatteral securities. Enor* mous per cent,, is charged upon these ad? vances, and they are generally secured by a mortgage on the plantation. Some merchants have advanced to such an extent on plantation mortgages that they have been expelled to foreclose and buy in the plantations, as they would not bring at public sale the amount advanc? ed on them. In the opinion of the New Orleaus Times-Democrat, the usury upon money advanced to planters by commission merchants is a tax greater than any legit? imate industry can bear." It has cer? tainly driven the cereals and the grasses from the field and the cattle and hogs from the pasture. Home comforts have disappeared, and Western pork, bread, corn, oats and hay are imported. A Western paper prints the following esti? mate of Southern production and con? sumption : "On an average the cotton crop of the South is worth $300,000,000 per annum. The Southern people buy yearly of the Northern markets meat and bread to the amount of $260,000,000, which leaves only $40,000,000 for the purchase of $150,000,000 of other articles which tho South cannot do without." If these figures are true, says the Times Democrat, they only show in the aggregate what we know to be true of the individual planter. We, as a people, are consuming more than we make, and it is only a question of time when the all-cotton producers will eat up the value of the laud and it will pass into other hands. In slavery the negroes consumed only about one-fifth of what they produced. Twenty years ago they became consum? ers to a much'greater extent. Food crops and live stock were neglected for cotton, and the work of depletion has gone steadily on. The neglect of drain? age and repairs are the direct results of planting with borrowed money and share laborers. The negro having an interest in the plantation for only one crop, will not open ditches, repair fences and houses or fertilize the land. The life of the land goes off to market in the cotton seed, and the negroes wonder why the soil does not produce as before the war. Some of the Georgia papers are wailing over the fact that English capitalists are foreclosing the mortgages on plantations in that State, on which they have loaned money. It was only a few years since that "these capitalists were invited to bring their money bags into the State to loan to the planters. These invitations have been extended by the press of every State in the South, and if accepted, says the Times-Democrat, the result will prove as disastrous to the planters as they have in Georgia, unless the present system of "cropping" is discontinued. Our planters must look for relief in a different direction. It is iole to expect to continue the same system of cotton planting with borrowed money, which will but afford an easier solution of the question in the bankruptcy of the planter. The way out of the difficulties with which our cotton growers are surrounded is plain. Let every cotton planter be? come a farmer. Let his first object be to grow on his farm sufficient food crops and live stock to supply the wants of "man and beast" necessary to work the farm. After putting in an area amply sufficient for these, then put down the remainder of the farm in cotton. This good advice is given by the Times Democrat: If all the planiere of the Cotton States would be governed by it they would require no advances, and money would be a drug in the market. If 6,000,000 bales of cotton bring $300, 000,000, 4,000,000 bales of cotton would bring the same amount of money, and could be]grown on one-half the area of land required to grow the 6,000,000 bales. It is a fact which can be verified by re? ferring to the statistics of crops made in former years that a small crop brings as much money as a large crop. By this means the meat and bread being made at home there would be no necessity for sending $246,000,000 to the West, and the proceeds of the entire cotton crop would remain with the farmer. A few years of genuine farming would give independence, home comfort and happiness to our agricultural population and prosperity to the Southern States. A Paradise, It is a difficult matter to impress upon the mind of the rural man of Arkansas the necessity for paying immediate attention to -he heathen. During a camp-meeting in Saline county, a preacher from Little Rock made an" elo? quent appeal in favor of the poo: wretch who eats the harmless missionary... instead of eating hurtful pork. When the preacher had concluded, an old exhorter arose a id said: "Brethren, l'-,e been mightily inter? ested in this 'lectio neerin' fur the heathen an' I would like to know something about him." Theu addressing the minister who had just taken his seat, the exhorter said: "Brother, I would like to ask you a few questions. The boys all say they are waiti:;' to see what stand I take, so you won't object to a few questions, will vou?" "Certainly not." "Thankee. Well, now. how's politics in the heathen country?" "He knows nothing of politics." "Ah, hah. Wall, how's the question of capita! an' labor?" "There is no capital?no labor." "No strikes ?" "No." "Got no canderdates ?" "No candidates." "Don't have to wear no clothes, if I understand the situation." "They have no clothes." "No lawyers there, I reckon ?" "No lawyers." "Wall, parson, that's the country I'm lookin' fur, an' ef a emigration agent was to come here he'd ketch everv sensible man in Saline conrtty. Boys, I don't think we ken give Mr. Heathen any? thing. It would be as foolish as haulin' water an' pouring it in the river." ? "Beware of imitations," as the mon? keys said to the dude. ? Taking the cents of the meeting? passing around the hat.